Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
Nineteen volumes of the City of Charleston Tax Records, 1859-1875, and eight volumes of Ms. 336 Charleston Police Records, 1853-1894 were found in the demolition of the former Vanderhorst Police Station (the Charleston police station from 1908-1974) on St. Philip Street. Dr. Konrad Mark donated them to the Library Society in 1974, where they have been […]
Lessons from a great leader are always taken to heart by their mentees, and a select few life-changing lessons are never forgotten - and sometimes shared through compelling and inspiring publications thirty years later. As a Southern boy accustomed to the warmth of the Lowcountry and the tropical tendencies of the Florida Panhandle years later […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa, our Director of Collections. She will be reading […]
Rescheduled from January 21st! As the ONE evening restricted exclusively for our members each and every year, we hope you will join us for the 277th Annual Meeting of The Charleston Library Society. As we wrap up an incredible and reflective 276th year, we remain in awe of the inspired founders, the dedicated Board of […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
With the continued success of its relaunch early last year, look forward to Life-long Learning returning seasonally in a daytime format. As the rules for identification of species became more defined and scientific methods more advanced, our natural history has become easier to study, understand, and appreciate. We owe this process of discovery to a […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
Join Victoria Hansen of South Carolina Public Radio along with historian and Charleston native Sherman E. Pyatt for a personal recount of his latest novel which is uniquely special for its narrative subject matter, but also because it is predominantly written in traditional authentic Gullah. Abundant in African-American tradition, culture and suspense Standing in the […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
We can go, we can't go. The ping pong of access to Cuba has always been a game of chance, and if you've had the opportunity to go, navigating once there an unknown. Known as the "Pearl of the Antilles," Cuba remains a Caribbean island nation with the creative vitality that comes from an extraordinary […]
Join Charleston Library Society's Director of Conservation James Davis for an introduction to the ancient art of decorative paper marbling: a method of aqueous surface design using ink and paint colors, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. During this creative session, you will explore the fascinating craft that […]
CLS invites you to share in a rare opportunity of the exploration between the literary and musical ties of The Colour of Music - Dr. Henry Tisdale, most recent retired president of Claflin University, will launch his newest publication in our Main Reading Room, focusing on how music changed the track of Claflin University, and […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
Please join us for our New Members Orientation! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family for a fun and informative tour of the facility, including key information on utilizing Library resources, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives, a visit to the Igoe […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
Drayton Hall, an authentic colonial period dwelling in Charleston, is the earliest and finest example of Palladian architecture in the United States – how the main house and surrounding buildings were designed, built, used and adjusted over time tells a unique take about the people who lived and worked there. In partnership with Drayton Hall […]
Catesby, Sloane, Linnaeus, Bartram, Audubon, Darwin - the list of prolific natural historians goes on, but few know of the man who majorly contributed to ornithological scientific knowledge in South Carolina during the early 1900s - Arthur T. Wayne. Just ahead of SEWE, join the CLS, in conjunction with Buxton Books, in welcoming award-winning novelist, […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
One cannot happen upon a book they didn't know about, nor could you experience a personalized book signing following a talk if there were not bookstores, book owners or environments where books are the star. Having before written previously about bicycles (another tradition worthy of staunch support), Evan Friss makes a spirited case for the […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justice from a resident of Charleston's center of civil rights activity. One man's fight for the ballot, revealing the sacrifices of those who shaped the civil rights movement in the American South. Twenty pivotal years of petitioning, preaching, picketing, boycotting, marching, and holding […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
We are thrilled to invite you to our latest addition to the social calendar – Member Mingle also known as Cocktail Hour, Happy Hour or 5 o'clock somewhere – a meet and greet opportunity without any programmatic component. Held on the third Wednesday evening of each month and open to all members, we hope you'll […]
We are thrilled to welcome David Netto back to the Main Reading Room on the heels of the release of his latest printed work – a visual compendium of the work of Rosario Candela – designer and architect who gave form to a New York of his dreams. Blocks of pre-World War II apartments on […]
When we think of high-value art heists, we envision clever, high-tech capers with a gang of thieves running multiple cons (such as the Ocean’s movies or The Italian Job). In 2017, while writing the first Karina Cardinal mystery, Isabella’s Painting, Ellen Butler interviewed an FBI agent who worked on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum case, and she came […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
All land, whether urban or rural, wild or toxic, holds a deep cultural and ecological history. It is this layered history of a site that must be critically researched and then transformed to endure for future generations. It is because of this mentality that Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is one of the most in-demand and […]
The acclaim for Beth Webb's design work hails from her skill to embody organic elegance in each home she styles. In her latest release with Rizzoli, Embracing Beauty, Webb shares fourteen homes she's meticulously crafted, pulling inspiration from her experience as an art dealer. From her personal home in Brays Island to a storybook residence […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
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